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  • Can shale gas transform Europe's energy landscape?
    Policy brief by David Buchan, 10 July 2013
    Can shale gas transform Europe's energy landscape?
  • Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS
    Insight by Stephen Tindale, 09 May 2013
    Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS
  • How to expand renewable energy after 2020
    Policy brief by Stephen Tindale, 07 December 2012
    How to expand renewable energy after 2020
  • Carbon price collapse threatens the EU's climate agenda
    Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 01 April 2009

    The EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) works by capping the output of carbon dioxide and then distributing allowances to emit the gas to large energy users.

  • Why global energy markets need governing
    Bulletin article by Nick Butler, 02 February 2009

    After a year of upheaval it may seem perverse to take the world’s financial system as a model for anything – least of all for governance.

  • Georgia, Ukraine and energy security
    Bulletin article by Dieter Helm, 02 February 2009

    In January 2006 Russia interrupted gas supplies to Ukraine and triggered a short, sharp shock to Europe in its ever-growing dependency on Russian gas.

  • After the gas conflict
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 23 January 2009

    On January 20th, Russian gas started flowing again through Ukraine, after a two-week shut-down that had left people in South East Europe freezing and factories idle. The relief across Europe was palpable but the confusion about what happened is still there.
  • The Runway 3 red herring
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    The Guardian, 22 January 2009

    Simon Jenkins, Martin Kettle and Polly Toynbee are columnists I respect and quite often agree with. So when they - and many Comment is Free contributors - join the George Monbiots of this world in attacking the proposed third runway for Heathrow, I read them carefully.
  • Just another gas crisis?
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 07 January 2009

    Russia has cut off the gas flowing to and through Ukraine – again. Like in January 2006, Moscow and Kyiv are blaming each other, while a convoluted mix of political intrigues, shady middlemen and broken contracts makes it almost impossible for outsiders to ascertain which side is at fault.
  • Review: Pipelines, politics, and power: The future of EU-Russia energy relations
    Opinion piece by Philip Gordon
    International Affairs, 02 January 2009

    As energy prices rose dramatically during the early years of this decade, Europeans began to realize the degree to which their dependence on Russia for energy supplies complicated an already difficult relationship.
  • The EU's climate agenda hangs in the balance
    Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 01 December 2008

    The EU has entered a severe economic downturn. Not only does Europe face the deepest recession since the 1970s, but the recovery when it does arrive will be weak and patchy.